Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
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15 May 2024
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Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O’Shea (actor), based on the novel The G-String Murders written by strip tease queen Gypsy Rose Lee (with ghost-writing assistance from Mystery fiction writer Craig Rice (author)). Directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Hunt Stromberg, costumes by Edith Head, and filmed on a 21 day shooting schedule on (rented) sound stages at RKO’s Encino movie ranch, this feature grossed a respectable 1.85 million dollars upon its initial release.
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy, corresponding to Gypsy Rose Lee’s character in her own book
- Michael O’Shea as Biff Brannigan, the romantic interest
- J. Edward Bromberg as S.B. Foss
- Iris Adrian as Gee Gee Graham, a worldly showgirl
- Gloria Dickson as Dolly Baxter
- Victoria Faust as Lolita La Verne
- Stephanie Bachelor as The Princess Nirvena
- Charles Dingle as Inspector Harrigan
- George Chandler as Jake, the prop boy
- Marion Martin as Alice Angel
- Pete Gordon as Officer Pat Kelly (as Eddie Gordon)
- Frank Fenton as Russell Rogers
- Pinky Lee as Mandy, a supporting player
- Frank Conroy as ‘Stacchi’ Stacciaro
- Lew Kelly as The Hermit
- Claire Carleton as Sandra
- Gerald Mohr as Louie Grindero
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